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(No Model.)

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No. 453,762. Patented June 9,1891.

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niTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. NEIDER, OF AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,762, dated June 9,1891.

Application filed April 29, 1890. Serial No. 349,955. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Augusta, in the county of Bracken and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ca rriage- CurtainFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of carriage-curtain fasteners whichconsists of a stud secured to a fixed support and a turn-button pivotedupon the stud to turn and secure the curtain after the button and neckof the stud has been passed through a hole in the curtain. Its object isto provide a fastener which can be cheaply produced, readily appliedforuse, which, when constructed of cheap metal and japanned, will not inuse rub or injure the finished surface.

The invention will be first fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and will then be particularly referred to andpointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated byidentical reference-letters wherever they occur throughout the variousviews, Figure 1 is a longitudinal seetional view of my device appliedfor use. Fig. 2 is an outside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the stud, which is secured to the back-stay orstationary member. Fig. 4: is a view, partly in longitudinal section andpartly in elevation, of the buttonpivot. Fig. 5 is a plan view of theblank from which the stud Fig. 3 is formed. Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof the elastic filling for the button. Fig. 7 is an axial section of mydevice modified to adaptit for attachment to the bow of a carriage-topor to the seatback or side rail. Fig. 8 is an axial section of amodified form in which the button is made solid instead of being stampedup from sheet metal, as the button shown in the preceding figures. Fig.9 is a plan view of the blank from which the stud Fig. 8 is formed. Fig.10 is an axial sectional View through the stud and button shown in Fig.8 before the parts are attached, but with the button cast hollow toreceive any elastic packing.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, A represents the backquarter or stay of a carriagetop, and B the curtain, which is perforatedto pass over the neck of the curtain-fastener, and the perforation issurrounded bya metal ring I) and the customary ring or washer b, theclinching-points of the ring I) going through the curtain and clinchingover the ring or washer Z) in the usual manner. The neck or base 0 ofthe curtain-fastener is formed of sheet metal, which is first cut out tothe form shown in Fig. 5, and then by suitable dies brought up to theform shown in Fig. 3. This neck has projecting from it clinching-points0, which pass through the quarter A and the perforated disk a, overwhich the clinchingpoints are turned to firmly secure the neck 0 to thequarter A or some other fixed portion of the vehicle-top. To this neckis pivotally secured a button, which is also struck from sheet metal.This, like the neck 0, is oval in shape, to pass through the perforationof the curtain and then be turned around at a right angle to overlap thecurtain-ring b, Fig. 2, and hold the curtain in place. This button isaxially perforated to receive the securing-pivot E, Fig. 4, which ispreferably a hollow-headed rivet formed with a neck 6 at its lower endto pass through the central perforation in the neck 0, after which thein nerend of the rivet is turned or pinned over on the under side of theneck to secure the button in place. Before the button is secured to theneck, however, it is filled with leather or other elastic packing F,Fig. 6, which is also axially perforated to pass the rivet E, which whenin place projects slightly below the edge of the button, so that onlythe leather or other elastic packing will rub or touch the japannedcurtainring Z). By this arrangement Of the elastic or leather packing Iam able to dispense with the springs and retain the button in the closedposition shown in Fig. 2 by the simple pressure of the packing upon thering I). By this arrangement, also, the japanning or other finish uponthe ring Z) is protected from injury.

It is sometimes desirable to secure the fastenin g to the carriage-bowor the rail or lazyback of the seat. In Fig. '7 I have shown a modifiedform of my device adapted to this use, which differs from the form shownin the preceding figures in that the head of the rivet E has aperforation to receive the fasteningscrew G, and the clinching-points care either entirely dispensed with or shortened to mere points a, to bedriven into the bow or seat rails to prevent the neck 0 from turning.

The form shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is adapted for use with the solid-headbutton D, instead of the sheet-metal button D, the blank, Fig.

9, which I have shown of slightly different The modification shown inFig. 10 differs from that shown in Fig. 8 only in casting the button Dhollow to form a chamber in the button around shank d to receive anelastic packing, as F.

I claim 1. The combination, as hereinbefore set forth, in acurtain-fastener, of a stud, means, such as shown, to secure the saidstud to the quarter or fixed part of the carriage body, the button D,formed of sheet metal, pivotally secured to said stud, the elasticpacking F within said button, and the pivot connecting the button andstud.

2. In a curtain-fastener, the combination of the stndC, formed up from asuitable blank of sheet metal, the button D, formed of sheet metal, theelastic packing F within said button, and the pivot connecting said studand button, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carriage-curtain fastener, the combination, substantially ashereinbefore set forth, of the stud 0, formed of sheet metal and havingthe clinchingpoints c, the button D, also formed from sheet metal, theleather or elastic packing F filling said button and projecting belowits edge, and the rivet E, uniting the said button and stud.

FRED A. NEIDER.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. I-IARBEsoN, BEN HARBESON.

